Advertising on Library Webpages

[Donald Barclay]

File this under "Hairs, wild--"

I know that there are some library webpages out there that get large
numbers of hits every day. Does anyone know of any library webpages that
sell advertising space the way commercial webpages do? Do any libraries
have plans to sell advertising? Have any libraries thought about it?

There are probably legal, ethical, logistical, and other arguments against
libraries supplementing their income via web advertising, but income is
income.


Donald A. Barclay
Coordinator of Electronic Services    always the beautiful answer
University of Houston Libraries       who asks a more beautiful question
dbarclay at uh.edu                               --e.e. cummings
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